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Tory MP warns he no longer supports Boris Johnson during stormy Commons session

Boris Johnson was warned he has lost the support of a senior Tory MP over the handling of Downing Street party allegations. During a stormy House of Commons session, former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell said he had previously given his ...

31 Jan 2022 at 17:56

Tory MP fears UK risks trashing international reputation via NI Protocol Bill

Britain risks a trade war with the EU if it “brazenly breaks a solemn international treaty” via the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, a senior Conservative MP has warned. Former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell also voiced concerns that ...

27 Jun 2022 at 18:27

Matt Hancock backs Commons vote on legalising assisted dying

MPs should have the opportunity to vote on whether assisted dying should be legalised in the UK, former health secretary Matt Hancock has said. The Conservative former minister called for a Commons vote as MPs debated a petition ...

04 Jul 2022 at 20:51

Legalised assisted dying could be abused, MP warns

Introducing legal assisted dying could be abused by people “who want granny and grandpa to hurry up and die”, MPs have heard. Conservative MP for Devizes Danny Kruger claimed that legalising assisted dying could also lead to ...

04 Jul 2022 at 19:31

Ministers urged to safeguard aid to Afghanistan after ban on female aid workers

Ministers have been urged to maintain aid spending in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred aid groups from employing women. Labour MP Dan Jarvis asked an urgent question on the issue in the Commons, urging Foreign Office ...

19 Jan 2023 at 13:04

Sunak set for mini-reshuffle to replace Zahawi

Rishi Sunak is set to reshuffle his Cabinet with the appointment of a new Conservative Party chairman and the possibility of reforms to Whitehall departments. The Prime Minister is expected to announce a replacement for ...

07 Feb 2023 at 08:29

Earthquake destruction ‘bleak beyond belief’ says minister

The situation in the areas devastated by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is “bleak beyond belief”, the aid minister has said. Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell suggested the death toll could reach 50,000 but ...

12 Feb 2023 at 12:10

‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt have been urged to boost defence spending to cope with a new Cold War involving both China and Russia. The chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood, said the UK was still ...

12 Feb 2023 at 12:45

Rwanda migrants plan will have only marginal impact, says Mitchell

Plans to send migrants to Rwanda will have only a “marginal” benefit, a Government minister has said. The scheme has been mired in legal challenges, and so far no flights carrying migrants to the African nation ...

12 Feb 2023 at 16:32

No 10 refuses to rebuke minister for Rwanda ‘marginal benefit’ comments

Downing Street has refused to criticise a UK Government minister who said the policy of sending migrants to Rwanda would have only a “marginal benefit”. The Prime Minister’s spokesman described the policy of ...

13 Feb 2023 at 13:23

‘Incredibly unlikely’ UK would leave human rights convention, says minister

Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would further destabilise an international system that was already “on the back foot”, a cabinet minister has said. Development minister Andrew ...

27 Apr 2023 at 12:02

Minister: UK has relationship with African people while China focuses on elites

Britain has a “relationship with the people of Africa” while China only focuses on the elites, a Foreign Office minister said. Andrew Mitchell, development minister, said on Monday there is a ...

24 Apr 2023 at 14:15

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